page_title: Lester Hutchinson
hierarchical_section_title: Lester Hutchinson
caption_attribution_description: English: Hugh Lester Hutchinson (1904-1983), Journalist; Author; Labour MP for Rusholme Manchester. by Bassano Ltd half-plate film negative, 29 March 1947 Given by Bassano &amp; Vandyk Studios, 1974 Photographs Collection NPG x77558 http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw185779/Hugh-Lester-Hutchinson?
context_page_description: Hugh Lester Hutchinson was a Labour politician who was elected to represent Manchester Rusholme in the 1945 General Election, winning the seat by ten votes.
  He was a prominent Trade Unionist and participated in Trade Union movements in India in 1928–29. He was a journalist on the Indian Daily Mail. He was imprisoned in the Meerut Conspiracy Case along with 32 other Communist and Trade Union leaders in 1929. He was jailed for 4 years.
  Together with two other Labour MPs, Leslie Solley and Konni Zilliacus, he voted against the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty. The trio were expelled from the Labour Party on 16 May 1949, and subsequently sat as the Labour Independent Group. His constituency was abolished at the 1950 election. He unsuccessfully stood for the Walthamstow West seat, but never returned to Parliament. He was a historian, writer and teacher.
context_section_description: Hugh Lester Hutchinson (13 December 1904 – February 1983) was a Labour politician who was elected to represent Manchester Rusholme in the 1945 General Election, winning the seat by ten votes.
  He was a prominent Trade Unionist and participated in Trade Union movements in India in 1928–29. He was a journalist on the Indian Daily Mail. He was imprisoned in the Meerut Conspiracy Case along with 32 other Communist and Trade Union leaders in 1929. He was jailed for 4 years.
  Together with two other Labour MPs, Leslie Solley and Konni Zilliacus, he voted against the signing of the North Atlantic Treaty. The trio were expelled from the Labour Party on 16 May 1949, and subsequently sat as the Labour Independent Group. His constituency was abolished at the 1950 election. He unsuccessfully stood for the Walthamstow West seat, but never returned to Parliament. He was a historian, writer and teacher.
caption: In 1947
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